MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge (2015).
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
that
studies
issues
regarding open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses.
Brand new
changes in
digital education technology have provided the means for
people
all over the world
to take online classes.
This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning.
Massively open online courses are
customarily free
for students but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor.
There are a lot of
topics that
blended learning institutions
are considering
in 2015 because elearning technology is
developing so fast.
How can organizations
be assured that
the quality of education provided by these
massively open online courses is
satisfactory?
How can students
be assured that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified for online teaching?
What strategies are being used by
organizations like
Utah State University to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today?
How can teachers
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As elearning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
developing
desideratum
to gain more knowledge about how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Corporations
and numerous other
stakeholders
would like
to better grasp
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Educators want
to grasp how
these MOOC courses
can be improved.
To respond to this
crescive
need for
information
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open educational issues.
This intriguing new book
also examines the
controversies associated with
massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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